No to blanket minimum pricing: Labour backs long-term Conservative calls The Scottish Labour Party has finally come off the fence
and announced they will not support the SNP’s plans of blanket minimum
pricing for alcohol.
Iain McGill, Scottish Conservative candidate in Edinburgh North & Leith, says:
 "They
have dithered and delayed, but this conversion from Scottish Labour is
very welcome. If a final nail were required to be driven into the SNP's
blanket minimum pricing coffin, then this was it. The SNP's plans are
dead before the Alcohol Bill has even been published.
“The SNP's policy is probably illegal, penalises responsible drinkers
and will cause immense damage to the Scotch whisky industry. Instead
they must work with us and the other parties supporting measures on
which we can all agree, like targeting tax increases on problem drinks
such as alcopops and strong ciders.
“Many organisations, and now the Scottish Labour Party, have joined the
Conservatives and blown these plans apart at the seams. Blanket minimum
pricing has been thoroughly discredited, even before Nicola Sturgeon
launches her Bill.”
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